Thanks for the thoughts. The principal has already let me know that he has no problem having MrWiggly take the entire 3rd grade level test. It is the Stanford test they use for achievement and planning NOT the state NCLB test. That one he will have to take at his grade level - state law as everyone here notes. But he will take the grade he is enrolled in, not go back to the grade level he should be according to age, thank goodness.

That's an interesting thought, to have him take the 4th grade test. He *should* be in first grade this year, so technically 3rd is two grade levels ahead. But perhaps the fourth grade test would tell us more. My concern is that curriculum is still too slow paced for him. As the year progresses he is getting more and more restless with school. More behavior things - talking too much, acting up, moving too much in class, disruptive to others, etc. I'm sure it's because he's bored. I don't want to have him skip any more grades, but would like to see some differentiation of curriculum, which the principal said they "don't really do until 3rd grade". Yet they certainly don't differentiate in 3rd grade math!

And you are right, it does take FOREVER to get the results back - even on the Stanford. I don't know if they would be back before school starts in the fall. Maybe we'll just have to do more private testing..... I just don't know. But thanks for the input. Please add other thoughts if anyone has some!